You see, I KNOW we’ll get crap governance and therefore strongly object to these oafs taking lots of money and delivering what? The shortest sitting periods in the Commons’ history and some of the poorest, most ill-conceived laws we’ve ever seen subjected to weak scrutiny by the so-called opposition parties. Parliament has very little point – that’s why so few MPs turn up other than for PMQs or some other major events.

I don’t want them to wear hair shirts. I simply want the ability to vote for a hung parliament that will use real rope. Failing that, poking them about their avarice finances is about as close as I can get. Remember, I feel that Dorries’ warning that some MPs could kill themselves over being discovered on the rob is just another broken political promise.

I would pay more, in an attempt to attract people from the professions who would find it hard to justify the risk of entering politics to their families due to the financial risk of losing an election, possibly due to your party leader making a tit of himself and not because you failed to represent your constituents or hold the government to account.

I might like to enter politics, but would I take a real risk with my family’s future financial security to do so. Not a chance. Nothing is more important than family.

Brown will say anything to keep himself in power on any subject. He lied so much today that I’m surprised his nose didn’t land on the table in front of Chilcott in true pinnochio style!